Meet The Healed You

I guess I lost way more than 120 lbs. I lost the husband who only wanted the girl he could control. She melted away a long time ago. Friends- I need your support. I have been hurt and full of shame that I did something wrong. I stood up for myself. Please remind me of who I fought so hard to become. ❤️ Meet The Healed You

🌲🍁Nature is so healing 🍁🌲

Gratitude lists are a breeze when life is going smoothly. The reason its so important to practice gratitude daily is to make it easier to complete on those more difficult days. Join me in the practice of spotting 3 tiny joys this morning.

Connection is key.

Such a potent and powerful statement 🙏💜
To a new week of healing through attunement, support and connection

This is the room that almost broke me. After working incredibly hard to get accepted into a PhD program I learned I was suddenly expecting a child at 42 after decades of infertility. I could not understand God/Source’s timing. Why now? In this room I learned I was losing that precious baby after I radically accepted that this was my journey. Sometimes the storms that come to break you clear the way for something better. I miss you, Baby Robin, but I know that your short time with me served a purpose. I choose to believe there is purpose in the pain.

✨ Glimmers ✨

Beautiful reminder shared by our friends at Megan Murphy Coaching

Today, perhaps add rewiring your brain on todays To-Do list🤔

I walked off my trauma. I started with Somatic Experiencing therapy to address the trauma locked into my body. I learned that you did not have to retell your trauma stories to heal your body. Instead you could be taught to titrate the trauma allowing your body to gently touch and release. I smile now. I meditate and move my body every.single.day. I improved every aspect of my health. I know it isn’t easy to begin. You may not feel “ready” but do it anyways. Start with 5 minutes every single day for a week and build on that momentum.

To those that have asked, yes, the book is still being written. The last few months added some very interesting chapters. Keep going, friends. I cannot wait for YOU to meet the healed you. ❤️💪

My heart sister, Pam Dorsey, loves butterflies. They are a perfect symbol of transformation🦋 Have you read her book? Www.PamDorsey.com

Keep healing, friends 🌅

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June 27 is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day

You are not alone. It is okay to ask for help. It is okay to keep healing a little more every single day. Keep going ;

How to override your Nervous System: these will look really familiar to anyone who follows this page as I do each of the 7 things daily. Which of these hacks to YOU use?

1. Sing it out (music is therapy!!!)
2. Learn massage techniques (hand, scalp, foot massage, brush hair)
3. Exercise outdoors (vit D, sunlight, nature heals)
4. Laugh out loud (social media, tiktok, jokes with friends, memes)
5. Look after your gut: (linked to heart and brain, take probiotic, limit spicy foods and caffeine)
6. Breathe through it (meditation, breathwork, and mindfulness)
7. Take a cold shower (cold immersion therapy (ICE) frosty morning walks)

Source: Breathe: Mental Health Special Edition reprint page 59

You are loved: I painted this rock for a fellow Start Today Community member who despite us never meeting IN person had been a constant support in my life. So many of the members of that group have been. The dress pictured is significant. It was my favorite for decades. I am passing it on to a dear friend today. I found out I was pregnancy in that dress. I learned I was team pink with Madeline in that dress. Met a 2-11 Mommies (my first community I ever created) birth board community member in that dress (Waves to Stef!) but it is time to say goodbye. 120 pounds are gone from my body. That is more than my son and daughter weigh together. Here’s to new beginnings. Remember- you, too, are loved ❤️

I forgot my Apple Watch this morning. Old Christie would have ran back to get it. New Christie knows the body keeps the score. What beautiful changes have you made lately? I’m really trying hard to stay in the moment. Be present. Radically accept the circumstances of my life. Growth is my today

My dad’s favorite saying is get your ducks in a row. Look what I saw on my second walk today! Perfect timing.
Happy Father’s Day! 🦆🦆🦆

A dear friend bought me this journal for my birthday. Anyone who knows me well understands my love-hate relationship with the term, resilient. My McNair undergraduate thesis WAY back in 1999 focused on the topic of resiliency and spirituality. Resilient has become a trendy watered down term and lost its power. Resilience is so much more than bouncing back after adversity. Why does one person thrive in a challenging environment while someone similar barely keeps their head above water? Are you born with this super power or can it be taught? I used to think I knew the answers to those questions but these last few months have taught me to always be growing, exploring, questioning. ✨

My friends and family know me well. Flowers, coffee, and books are a few of my favorite things. The handmade rose bookmark was from my daughter. The bouquet bookmark was from a Start Today community friend and the coffee is thanks to a friend I met in another online community a decade ago called, For Little Eyes: parents of children with eye conditions and glasses. Community is the common thread in my life. As the cup sticker says friends, “Be a KIND Kinda Person!” I promise Kindness always boomerangs back towards you. ❤️✨🙏

Today’s walk I encountered this beautiful Japanese Lilac tree. I have used these blooms in my wreaths and floral arrangements without knowing what they were. I love the autumn feel they give such a typical spring/summer flower. What did you see on your walk today?